Temp Gauge & Seat Belt Warning

[Oscar Ding Ding]

Mine has it, if I go above about 20MPH it beeps and flashes until the driver/passenger put the belt on. Below that speed it just flashes the light on the dash.

It could be something which has been dropped from the later SRI's ? (mines an 03 plate).

Bit odd to drop something that could be classed as a safety feature.

[Drinky]

Seat belt warning light was only fitted for the first year of manufacture as it gives an extra point in the NCAP test it was dropped after 2003 but the light is still in the dash but it is dissabled .....So yes your's has the icon but NO it wont work HTH

[simac]

I'm concerned now because there may be a fault and I think that seatbelt and airbags etc are a linked. I'd like peace of mind that if I have a crash I'd like to know that everything is working as it should.

There should be a separete warning light for the airbag system on the dash, I think so anyway - i'll check when I go out in a min

[Gsi3.2]

yep, seperate lamps for airbag and seatbelt.....

[Oscar Ding Ding]

Seat belt warning light was only fitted for the first year of manufacture as it gives an extra point in the NCAP test it was dropped after 2003 but the light is still in the dash but it is dissabled .....So yes your's has the icon but NO it wont work HTH

Thanks Drinky, was it dropped for the whole range or just the 1.8's?

You've got me thinking I'm some kind of mentalist now, I am convinced that mine bleeped when someone was in the front seats without wearing the seatbelt. Picked a mate up from his house but he didn't put his seatbelt on it bleeped for maybe 10secs then stopped hasn't bleeped since.

As I mentioned early seems daft to remove a safety feature.

[Happy Dave]

you sure it wasnt bleeping because you had your keys in the ignition but the driver door open? Thats the only warning bleeps mine has

[Oscar Ding Ding]

you sure it wasnt bleeping because you had your keys in the ignition but the driver door open? Thats the only warning bleeps mine has

Just been out to try Dave left the door open it just bleeped once and had the warning light on the dash. The bleep for the seatbelt (if I'm not a loony and have been hearing things) is similar to the one when you leave your lights on.

[alid32]

Bit odd to drop something that could be classed as a safety feature.

I have a 2003 Vectra LS and now just bought a 2007 Vectra SRi.... and not only has it lost the seatbelt warning but also the electro-chromatic mirror, the rain sensors, the sunglasses holder, the collapsible passenger seat.....the list just goes on!!

[simac]

They seem to have dropped a lot on the later cars, all the things you mentioned were standard on my SRI.

At a small car show I saw a brand new Vectra with no rear vents in the centre console they are invaluable in the summer to help keep the kids cool, this new Vec just had them blanked off.

PS: oh, besides the sunglasses holder !

[Stevel]

They seem to have dropped a lot on the later cars, all the things you mentioned were standard on my SRI.

At a small car show I saw a brand new Vectra with no rear vents in the centre console they are invaluable in the summer to help keep the kids cool, this new Vec just had them blanked off.

PS: oh, besides the sunglasses holder !

Was that the one at Cheshire Oaks?

That car was an Exclusiv, the same one as mine. No rear cup holders either.